quarentena

== Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin quarentīna (“forty days”), from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwaɾenˈtena/ === Noun === quarentena f (usually uncountable) (biblical) quarantine (desert where Christ fasted for forty days and nights) ==== Related terms ==== quarenta ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: cuarentena == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: qua‧ren‧te‧na === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, quarenta (“forty”) +‎ -ena. ==== Noun ==== quarentena f (plural quarentenas) (group of) forty things, usually days (public health) quarantine (isolation of infected patients) ===== Derived terms ===== quarentenar === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== quarentena inflection of quarentenar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “quarentena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “quarentena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026